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AWESOME chant! And after only 3 days. I LOVE hearing the songs the kids come back with from school. As a writer for Kamehameha Schools, I write about the 13 years of educational transition services for Hawaiian students each quarter. They have a wonderful education system, and a big part of that is more family involvement from parents and extended family (huge predictor of successful educational outcomes for students). So — GET INVOLVED and you *will* be learning Hawaiian! It sounds like an oli to acknowledge and honor the place that he is coming from? To give thanks to the people and the land that came before him?